Essays about: "Stockholm conference 1972"

Found 3 essays containing the words Stockholm conference 1972.

  1. 1. The adaptation of CSR within the timber supply chain : attitudes, behaviour, and perceptions of practitioners

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Aidan Kelly; [2012]
    Keywords : Sustainable supply chain management; Corporate Social Responsibility; Timber Industry; Corporate sustainability; Social network theory;

    Abstract : It has been 40 years since the 1972 Stockholm conference and 20 years since Rio de Janeiro, Earth Summit in 1992. Since then the world of business has changed dramatically with the growth of NGOs environmental social movements, and globalisation has affected every industry in huge way. READ MORE

  3. 2. From Resistance to Cooperation : The Evolution of Brazilian Foreign Policy in the Area of Environment

    University essay from Institutionen för spanska, portugisiska och latinamerikastudier

    Author : Magnus Franzén; [2012]
    Keywords : Brazil; Foreign Policy; International Negotitations; Constructivism; Environmental Regime;

    Abstract : Brazil has been one of the most active actors in international environmental negotiations and is an up-and-coming developing country with huge reserves of natural resources, biodiversity, and ecosystems that are of interest to the rest of the world, such as the Amazon rainforest. This pa- per provides an analysis of Brazilian foreign policy in the area of environment. READ MORE

  4. 3. NGO involvement in the UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm 1972. Interrelations Between Intergovernmental Discourse Framing and Activist Influence.

    University essay from Ekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Peter Nilsson; [2004]
    Keywords : Political science; frames of understanding; paradigms; environmental understanding; UNCHE; UN conference on the human environment; interrelations; discourse framing; activist; Stockholm conference; perception; power relations; frame-setting; NGO; social movements; Manuel Castells; transnational advocacy; third world; Chossudovsky; political actors; only one earth; networks; PowWow; Hamilton conference; Environmental Forum; Peoples Forum; Garrett Harding; Barry Commoner; UNEP; ecocide in Indochina; sustainable development; globalization; Statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : The UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm 1972 has been recognized as bringing political attention to environmental problems. Researchers have acknowledged the importance of NGO activities during the conference, initiating a trend of engagement of NGOs in official global meetings. READ MORE